Sans Soleil (1983)
- Original title
- Sans soleil
- Directed by
- Chris Marker
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 267 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker travels to places like Japan and Africa, filming everyday life and cultural events. The images are accompanied by a woman's voice reading letters from the filmmaker, reflecting on memory and how people remember the past.
meditativefragmentedcontemplativepoeticnonlinearatmosphericreflectiveintrospective
What happens
Sans Soleil (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃ sɔlɛj]; "Sunless") is a 1983 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker. It is a meditation on the nature of human memory, showing the inability to recall the context and nuances of memory, and how, as a result, the perception of personal and global histories is affected. The title Sans Soleil is from the song cycle Sunless by Modest Mussorgsky, a brief fragment of which features in the film. Sans Soleil is composed of documentary footage shot by Marker interwoven with stock footage, clips from Japanese movies and shows, and excerpts and stills from other films. In a 2014 Sight and Sound poll, film critics voted Sans Soleil the third best documentary film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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